The People's Republic of Blappen is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Noah O'Donoghue with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.457 billion Blappenese are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dragclayfee. The average income tax rate is 79.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Blappenese economy, worth 127 trillion Blappenese Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 87,222 Blappenese Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ghost regiments exist only on paper, foreigners "adopt" rotund Derps to line the pockets of wildlife sanctuaries, nocturnal burglars are grateful for the convenient beverages on welcoming doorsteps, and politicians are often seen attending regional history classes at primary schools within their constituencies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blappen's national animal is the Derp, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secular.

Blappen is ranked 79,160^th in the world and 353^rd in The Communist Bloc for Highest Average Incomes, with 87,222.2 Standard Monetary Units.